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In five pages this essay discusses the complexities involved with the citizen example served by Oedipus the King in Sophocles' pla...

In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...

In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...

In six pages this paper compares the protagonists featured in the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles and Othello by William Shakespeare ...

In five pages this 2nd portion of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy is summarized and analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...

In five pages this essay discusses the moral belief in atonement as represented by the irony and symbolism featured in Oedipus Rex...

In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...

In five pages this paper compares Sophocles' Oedipus Rex with the plays by William Shakespeare in terms of their similarities and ...

In four pages this paper examines the characters, chorus, women, and state 'spiritual bankruptcy' theme featured in Sophocles' Oed...

In five pages the tales of Oedipus and Jason are analyzed in terms of the differences and similarities that exist between them. T...

In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...

In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

of an omnipotent God, and therefore there is considerable debate as to whether the actions of a human being can be genuinely consi...

Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...

difference between the two representations. When one is cast forward by way of determinism, it is as though one has absolutely no...

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...

blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

In 4 pages this paper argues that because of his life circumstances Oedipus was not guilty for the events which turned his life in...

In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Soyinka's The King's Horseman and Sophocles' Oedipus the King in terms of how thes...

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the roles played by oracles and fate in the mythological tales of Achilles, Oedipus, ...

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...